Gender and Education
Nobel Peace Prize Concert. (2015, October 10). Malala Yousafzai - The right to learning should be given to any child [Video]. Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu3aQMxkrc4
Education and Girls
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Fisher, K. (2022). Malala: ‘Education transforms lives, communities, and countries. https://www.qualtrics.com/blog/malala-on-education/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEducation%20can%20transform%20lives%2C%20communities%2C%20and%20countries.%E2%80%9D
She’s an author, producer, and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. She’s also an icon, an advocate, and a leader. Her charity, The Malala Fund, campaigns for all girls to have the right to quality education. -
RFKHumanRights. (2022). Malala Yousafzai. https://rfkhumanrights.org/malala-yousafzai#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20raise%20up%20my%20voice,right%20to%20equality%20of%20opportunity.
Malala Yousafzai was born in 1997 in the Swat district of Pakistan. She was educated by her father, Ziauddin, a poet and the owner of several private schools, who dissuaded her from a career as a doctor and encouraged her to pursue politics instead.
Historical Context
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Malala.org. (2024). Malala's Story. https://malala.org/malalas-story
Learn how Malala began her fight for girls — from an education activist in Pakistan to the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate — and how she continues her campaign through Malala Fund. -
Nobel Prize.org. (2024). Malala Yousafzai Biographical. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/biographical/
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, the largest city in the Swat Valley in what is now the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. She is the daughter of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai and has two younger brothers.
Who are the TTP?
History with Hilbert. (2021). Who are the TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban)? | 5 Minute History Episode 10 [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l0fOdVSKVY
Taliban and Education for Girls
AJ+. (2014).Pakistani Taliban Explained [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRAaEq8w8kY